STAFFORD – Mayor Myhre and the Township Council would like to wish Edward Toriello a Happy 100th Birthday!
Edward Toriello developed his strong Catholic faith growing up in Brooklyn, NY where he served as an altar boy at St. Rosalie’s Parish and eventually studied to join the priesthood at Cathedral Preparatory School and Seminary, and eventually St. John’s University. Although Toriello was exempt from the World War II draft, he chose to pull his student deferment and only 10 days after graduating from St. John’s University, Toriello was in Fort Dix for basic training.
Toriello served in the United States Army during World War II, stationed in Germany, where he earned three stars by fighting in the Battle of the Bulge. After the surrender of Germany, Toriello was assigned to the temporary military government and posted in Munich as a Chief Clerk.
Toriello eventually returned to the United States where he met his wife Zina and together they raised six sons. After relocating to Stafford Township and working for the Zach Insurance Agency in Ship Bottom, Toriello became a founding member of the local Italian American Club, served as President of the Kiwanis Club of LBI and was a member of the Board of Directors of the Southern Ocean County Medical Center where he was responsible for raising more than $100,000 for the hospital.
